Remote Monitoring of Colorectal Cancer Survivors Using a Smartphone App and Internet of Things-Based Device: Development and Usability Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients with colorectal cancer who undergo surgery face many postoperative problems. These problems include the risk of relapse, side effects, and long-term complications.

Objective

This study sought to design and develop a remote monitoring system as a technological solution for the postdischarge care of these patients.

Methods

This research was conducted in 3 main steps: system feature extraction, system design, and evaluation. After feature extraction from a systematic review, the necessary features were defined by 18 clinical experts in Iran. In the next step, the architecture of the system was designed based on the requirements; the software and hardware parts of the system were embedded in the architecture, then the software system components were dr

SUBMITTER: Ayyoubzadeh SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9978953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature